📖 Definitions of "Dropping"
- 1
To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
- 2
To drip (a liquid).
"The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer."
- 3
Generally, to fall (straight down).
"A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."
- 4
To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
"Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons."
- 1
Something dropped.
- 2
(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.
"a rabbit dropping"
- 3
The act of something that drops or falls.
🔄 Synonyms of "Dropping"
1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| falling | a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dropping"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| falling | a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason. |
| descendingnoun | Moving or sloping downwards. |
| plummetingnoun | A violent or dramatic fall. |
| downingnoun | A defeat. |
| downverb | (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. |
| downed | That has been brought down, usually by force. |
| topplingnoun | The act by which something is toppled. |
| decliningnoun | decline |
| slippingnoun | The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion. |
| loweringnoun | The act of something being lowered. |
| quashingnoun | The action of quashing something. |
| dumpingnoun | The disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value. |
| waningnoun | Becoming weaker or smaller. |
| dwindlingnoun | declining; growing less |
| detachverb | (transitive) To take apart from; to take off. |
| diminishingnoun | becoming smaller |
| shrinkingnoun | The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away. |
| removingnoun | removal |
| discardingnoun | The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away. |
| eraseverb | (transitive) To remove (markings or information). |
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